1 Thessalonians 4:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;^[a] ¹²so that you may command the respect of outsiders, and be dependent on nobody.

The Coming of the Lord

¹³But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.^[b]

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Footnotes

4.11 The Thessalonians thought that the second Coming of Christ was at hand and tended to ne glect their daily duties. He corrects this misconception.
4.13 Paul tells them that those who died before Christ’s second Coming are no worse off than those who will still be alive at his coming.

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